Minecraft. I was SUPER into Minecraft for a while and digging a 5x5 tunnel for ten thousand blocks or more to connect to a distant nation isn't something I could do without additional entertainment going on my second monitor, especially if I am just monitoring two bot accounts to make sure they don't get stuck too often.

Right now Tetris but I have been alternating between Tetris and balatro

OS RuneScape

I run games like Balatro or Shotgun King or Dungeon Clawler anymore.

I used to run Stellar Initiative for a short while, but I removed it because I kept getting super pissy about losing a single mission in a run and it wasn't good for my health. Don't know why that game in particular made me get all hyper mad, but I am glad that I freed myself from that cursed game (despite the fact it's a pretty good game all other things aside).

None. I prefer to watch movies or TV shows that I enjoy enough that it will keep my attention.

Anything where it doesn't matter if I get distracted at any given point, e.g. turn-based or otherwise non-time-sensitive games.

• Incremental games (Chillquarium, Pegidle, Synergism, etc.)
• Powerwash Simulator
• Geotastic (with time limit turned off)
• Slay the Spire, or other deckbuilding roguelites
• Dominion
• FTL: Faster Than Light / Multiverse
• Civilization VI
• Picross/Piczle Cross and similar games

I played it on mobile but it's on pc as well- Slice & Dice. A really fun dice based roguelite. Liked it a little more than peglin and balatro.

Lately I've been playing Factorio a lot with something on my other monitor but idk if it meets your criteria as well.

Best I can do is listen to an audio book while playing a chill/puzzle game. I would short circuit I'd had to watch TV and play a game. I can't even really have a conversation and play, I have to pause it.

Mainly JRPGs because they’re turned based and I’m grinding. Going through FFVI right now on a RG40XXV. Love that little thing.

Elite Dangerous is perfect to play with a show on. I used to do window in window in VR whilst flying between sites.

Smash Karts is a lot of fun, it's pretty much online Mario Kart deathmatches! There's also capture the flag, hat holder, and a few other games layered in too. Worth a try the next time you want to game along side a boringish video.

Edit: Here's a link

Yt + mc

Binding of Isaac, Brotato, or Balatro are good once you have enough experience with them to be able to play without much thought

Lately I've really been enjoying the bazaar. Not even sure how to describe that game. You choose one of 3 heroes and then spend your turns buying items for your board to defeat your opponents in autobattler style fights. The goal is to get to 10 Wins. It's still in closed beta but the gameplay is in already pretty polished.

https://www.playthebazaar.com/

Riichi Mahjong (Mahjong Soul, Riichi City), Slay the Spire, and Panel de Pon are my main second monitor fare these days.

The only "games" I'll play while watching stuff are flight sims, just to help pass the time on several hour long flights.

Ftl, into the breach, Minecraft, darkest dungeon 1 and 2.

I can't stand extra noice around when I'm gaming, honestly, and I dislike video media in the first place.

i like playing traffic rider while listening to something on yt. you ride a motorcycle between a bunch of cars and try not to crash.

Frequently on dominion.games

Color Blocks

Royal Match

Royal kingdom

Forza Motorsport

I'm in an online ladder for Wordfeud, a mobile scrabble clone that keeps obnoxiousness to a minimum. That means I've almost always got 7 or 8 games going against well-matched opponents.

I really only play games that demand all of my attention. Though if I am playing something with constant down time, like being dead in Counter-Strike, I'll watch YouTube videos on the Steam overlay until the next round.